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🚨 A record number of children are being killed in conflict. Watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=Kcb2iO_m….
George Graham (@Georgewgraham) and Shehan Hettiaratchy (@ShehanHett) tell the Battle Lines x Global Health Security Podcast about the brand new report from @savechildrenuk and @imperialcollege.
Listen to Battle Lines wherever you get your podcasts.
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This is a direct consequence of the government introducing the two child limit and benefits cap.
43% of children in one parent households with three or more children are "food insecure".
A policy choice.
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5 years ago Milton Keynes was dubbed ‘tent city’ by the media. Today, no one needs to sleep rough on our streets. How did we do it? A thread by the Cabinet Member responsible 👇 – at Milton Keynes, England
🚨NEW. Suella Braverman pushes to restrict tents for rough sleepers, and proposes making it a civil office for charities to give tents to homeless via @FT with @LOS_Fisher
on.ft.com/3QpJf0p
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“My children don’t know I’m homeless. We’re both professional people, we don’t do drugs & we just want to get a place to live”
Each person at the Bearpit has their own story.
They shouldn’t be dehumanised by tweets about ‘the no. of tents at the Bearpit’ bristolpost.co.uk/news/meet-…
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Net-zero targets are all well and good.
But how countries get there matters a lot. It's the area under the curve that matters for warming.
Delay emissions cuts and you not only make net-zero less likely, you also make climate change worse along the way.
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Important to always remember: the scandal is not that the IT didn’t work. It’s that the Post Office knew the IT didn’t work, blamed postmasters for its failings, prosecuted them, and lied in court that the IT was infallible. Again and again.
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Can’t get over how bleak the economic situation is in the UK — just complete stagnation for more than a decade
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“If they really are refugees, why don’t they have to stay in the first safe country they reach?”
“Why don’t they just claim asylum in France?”
Here is my answer, once & for all. To Jonathan Gullis, and to everyone else who ever wondered.
#RefugeesWelcome
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While we take stock of big, new losses in Dartmoor, I want to take a moment to talk about the micro enclosures happening every day around the country. They’ll never make the headlines. But they completely shape the way we live our lives.
This is mine. 🧵
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This is good example of showmanship over science as @DrAseemMalhotra (Wakefield MK2) - exploits a mildly unclear headline and misdirects his eager following to a false conclusion - this an exemplar of misinformation techniques … a 🧵 … please share/ retweet as I expose them …
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An incredibly positive and heart warming story about how a community in North Somerset rallied round to help asylum seekers who are staying in two local hotels. The very antithesis of Faragism.
bristolpost.co.uk/news/brist…
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Bedminster Asda have loads of veg they’re giving away right now - carrots, parsnips, sprouts etc
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I’ve spent today, as I did last Thursday, helping out at a clothes donation drive for refugees and asylum seekers being housed at a nearby hotel. Here’s some of what I’ve learned:
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A viral tweet is claiming to give bombshell news (🚨) that Pfizer is "admitting" they never tested whether the vaccine prevented transmission and therefore the concept of "get vaccinated for others" was a lie - this is wrong on basically every count. So, some facts.
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Since this row - and arguments like this - are going to dominate the next month, a few facts:
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There is a (dull) alternative. On what drives investment "The top reasons were almost always the same: first came macroeconomic and political stability, high-quality infrastructure and skills. Low taxes and enterprise zones were always near the bottom." ft.com/content/e77e8669-d4e4…
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Boris Johnson wants to talk about his legacy. Okay, let’s talk about his legacy
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This summer is going to be tough for a lot of families, please #RT it may help someone – at Hurworth-on-Tees, England
